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	  <td width="800px" valign="middle" class="legend"><p>MapBlog Help and Support </p>
      <p><span class="sidebar_instructions">This page provides access to Help and Support Resources for the MapBlog Learning Activity. In some cases, these resources are also available within your course. Note that these instructions are not course specific and your course  assignment may provide additional  instructions.</span></p></td>
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	<td class="help_body_text"><p class="helpcenter_body_text">The MapBlog is an Internet based learning activity based on Google Maps. </p>
	  <p class="helpcenter_body_text">You will use the  MapBlog to mark a place, or the location of an event, and you can link a document to that marker. Note that you can zoom in and place your marker in a precise location. If you are not familiar with the use of Google Maps, you might want to start by locating your house. Pan the map, and zoom in, until you find where you live. You can do the same thing when you add your placemark to the map. </p>
	  <p class="helpcenter_body_text">We recommend that you:<br />
      <a href="../shared_v2/mapblog_concise_help.html" target="_blank"><strong>Start Here: Getting Started with the MapBlog</strong></a> - This help page provides a concise step-by-step guide to getting started with the MapBlog. This help document does not provide every detail, but instead it provides an overview of the steps you will follow to add a link to a course document in the MapBlog.</p>
	  <p class="helpcenter_body_text"><a href="http://www.esc.edu/smart/students/flash/mapblog/mapblog_v2.htm" target="_blank"><strong>View The Narrated MapBlog Tutorial</strong></a> - After starting with the overview, watch this video tutorial. The tutorial shows you the process of creating a course document that you can link to a placemark in the MapBlog. </p>
	  <p class="helpcenter_body_text"><a href="../shared_v2/mapblog_help_teamfiles.html" target="_blank"><strong>Get Detailed Help</strong></a> - If you need more help read the detailed instructions on the use of the MapBlog</p>
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